Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.

We investigate, we litigate and we educate. Working on the frontline, we provide legal support to prisoners unable to pay for it themselves. We promote the rule of law around the world, and secure each person’s right to a fair trial. In doing so we save lives.

Reprieve prioritizes the cases of prisoners accused of the most extreme crimes, such as acts of murder or terrorism, as it is in such cases that human rights are most likely to be jettisoned or eroded. The prisoners that we assist typically cannot find advocates elsewhere. We focus on cases involving the world’s most powerful governments, especially those that should be upholding the highest standards when it comes to fair trials.

Reprieve’s vision is of a world in which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is honoured by all governments, everywhere in the world, in every situation, regardless of the extremity of circumstances faced by a particular government or society.

Reprieve’s lawyers currently represent over 30 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. We also continue to assist British nationals facing the death penalty around the world, and are conducting investigations into “extraordinary renditions” and secret prisons.

Photofit: a short film for Reprieve produced by This Is Real Art with music by Massive Attack.